Just Fontaine

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Template:Short description Script error: No such module "Unsubst". Template:Infobox football biography Just Louis Fontaine (18 August 1933 – 28 February 2023) was a French professional footballer who played as a striker. He scored the most goals ever in a single edition of the FIFA World Cup, with thirteen in six matches in the 1958 tournament.[1] In March 2004, Pelé named him one of his 125 Greatest Living Footballers at a FIFA Awards Ceremony.[2]

Football career

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Fontaine at the 1958 FIFA World Cup.

Born in Marrakech, French Morocco, to a French father and a Spanish mother,[3] Fontaine moved to Casablanca, where he attended the Lycée Lyautey.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".

Fontaine began his amateur career at USM Casablanca, where he played from 1950 to 1953. Nice recruited him in 1953, and he went on to score 44 goals in three seasons for the club. In 1956, he moved to Stade de Reims, where he teamed up with Raymond Kopa from the 1959–60 season. Fontaine scored 121 goals in six seasons at Stade de Reims. In total, Fontaine scored 165 goals in 200 matches in the Division 1, and won the championship twice, one time in 1958, and the other in 1960. He also took part in the team that got to the 1958–59 European Cup final against Real Madrid, being that season's top scorer with ten goals.[4]

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Fontaine playing for France at the 1958 FIFA World Cup.

Wearing the blue shirt of France, Fontaine has an even more impressive record. On his debut on 17 December 1953, Fontaine scored a hat trick as France defeated Luxembourg 8–0. In seven years, he scored 30 goals in 21 matches. However, he will best be remembered for his 1958 FIFA World Cup performance, where he scored 13 goals in just six matches – a feat that included putting four past defending champions West Germany. It is also the highest number of goals ever scored by one player at a single World Cup tournament.[5][6] This tally secured him the Golden Boot.[7] As of 2022Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters"., he is tied with Lionel Messi as the fourth-top scorer in FIFA World Cup history, with each of the three ahead of him—Gerd Müller (14 goals), Ronaldo (15 goals) and Miroslav Klose (16 goals)—having played in at least two tournaments.[8]

Fontaine played his last match in July 1962, being forced to retire early (28 years and 11 months old) because of a recurring leg injury. He briefly managed the France national team in 1967, but was replaced after only two friendly games, which ended in defeats. As coach of Morocco, he led the Atlas Lions to a third place finish in the 1980 African Cup of Nations,[9] overseeing the emergence of such players as Badou Zaki, Mohammed Timoumi and Aziz Bouderbala. Morocco reached the final stage of 1982 World Cup qualification but were beaten by Cameroon. As sporting director of Paris Saint-Germain, he managed to help promote the club to the first division.[4]

After retirement

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Fontaine in 2016

Fontaine was named by Pelé as one of the 125 greatest living footballers in March 2004. He was chosen as the best French player of the last 60 years by the French Football Federation in the UEFA Jubilee Awards in November 2003.[10] With Eugène N'Jo Léa he founded the National Union of Professional Football Players in 1961. He criticized the performance of the French team in the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, particularly on the lackluster play of the forwards.[11] Fontaine died in Toulouse, where he had lived for 60 years, on 28 February 2023[12] at the age of 89.[4][8][13]

Career statistics

Club

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Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
USM Casablanca 1950–51 Moroccan Football League 16 23 — — — 16 23
1951–52 Moroccan Football League 10 17 — — — 10 17
1952–53 Moroccan Football League 22 22 — — — 22 22
Total 48 62 — — — 48 62
Nice 1953–54 Division 1 24 17 7 3 — — 31 20
1954–55 Division 1 28 20 4 2 — — 32 22
1955–56 Division 1 17 5 3 4 — 1Template:Efn 0 21 9
Total 69 42 14 9 — 1 0 84 51
Reims 1956–57 Division 1 31 30 1 1 — — 32 31
1957–58 Division 1 26 34 6 5 — — 32 39
1958–59 Division 1 32 24 2 2 7Template:Efn 10 1Template:Efn 0 42 36
1959–60 Division 1 28 28 2 2 — — 30 30
1960–61 Division 1 7 4 0 0 1Template:Efn 0 — 8 4
1961–62 Division 1 7 2 1 3 — — 8 5
Total 131 122 12 13 8 10 1 0 152 145
Career total 248 226 26 22 8 10 2 0 284 258

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International

Appearances and goals by national team and year[14]
National team Year Apps Goals
France 1953 1 3
1954 0 0
1955 0 0
1956 1 0
1957 1 0
1958 12 18
1959 4 7
1960 2 2
Total 21 30
Scores and results list France's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Fontaine goal[15]
List of international goals scored by Just Fontaine
No. Date Venue Cap Opponent Score Result Competition
1 17 December 1953 Parc des Princes, Paris, France 1 File:Flag of Luxembourg.svg Luxembourg 4–0 8–0 1954 FIFA World Cup qualification
2 6–0
3 7–0
4 13 March 1958 Parc des Princes, Paris, France 4 File:Flag of Spain (1945–1977).svg Spain 1–1 2–2 Friendly
5 8 June 1958 Idrottsparken, Norrköping, Sweden 6 File:Flag of Paraguay (1954-1988).svg Paraguay 1–1 7–3 1958 FIFA World Cup
6 2–1
7 5–3
8 11 June 1958 Arosvallen, Västerås, Sweden 7 File:Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg Yugoslavia 1–0 2–3 1958 FIFA World Cup
9 2–2
10 15 June 1958 Eyravallen, Örebro, Sweden 8 File:Flag of Scotland.svg Scotland 2–0 2–1 1958 FIFA World Cup
11 19 June 1958 Idrottsparken, Norrköping, Sweden 9 File:Ulster Banner.svg Northern Ireland 2–0 4–0 1958 FIFA World Cup
12 3–0
13 24 June 1958 Råsunda Stadium, Solna, Sweden 10 File:Flag of Brazil (1889–1960).svg Brazil 1–1 2–5 1958 FIFA World Cup
14 28 June 1958 Ullevi, Gothenburg, Sweden 11 File:Flag of Germany.svg West Germany 1–0 6–3 1958 FIFA World Cup
15 3–1
16 5–2
17 6–3
18 1 October 1958 Parc des Princes, Paris, France 12 File:Flag of Greece (1822-1978).svg Greece 2–0 7–1 UEFA Euro 1960 qualifiers
19 6–1
20 5 October 1958 Praterstadion, Vienna, Austria 13 File:Flag of Austria.svg Austria 2–1 2–1 Friendly
21 9 November 1958 Stade Olympique de Colombes, Colombes, France 15 File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy 2–2 2–2 Friendly
22 11 November 1959 Stade Olympique de Colombes, Colombes, France 17 File:Flag of Portugal.svg Portugal 1–0 5–3 Friendly
23 4–2
24 5–2
25 13 December 1959 Stade Olympique de Colombes, Colombes, France 18 File:Flag of Austria.svg Austria 1–0 5–2 UEFA Euro 1960 qualifiers
26 2–0
27 4–2
28 17 December 1959 Parc des Princes, Paris, France 19 File:Flag of Spain (1945–1977).svg Spain 2–1 4–3 Friendly
29 16 March 1960 Parc des Princes, Paris, France 20 File:Flag of Chile.svg Chile 4–0 6–0 Friendly
30 5–0

Honours

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Individual

Manager

Morocco

Orders

References

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